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EA Mobile demoed Scrabble for Android recently at EA's summer press conference. The popular vocabulary game is set to release next week on Android for the first time. Wordsmiths will be able to embarrass their friends across Facebook, Android, and iOS devices. This isn't the first time we've seen a vocabulary game support cross platform gaming on Android. Words With Friends from Zynga has been...

For those of you who managed to wrangle up a Motorola Droid 3 from telesales, when it arrives and your fire it up for the first time you'll find that Citrix GoToMeeting and Citrix Receiver are both pre-loaded on the device out of the box. If you're familiar with the web conferencing solution then you'll no doubt know that the Citrix GoToMeeting application is not yet available in the Android...

Here's something to whet the appetites of EVO 3D and Sensation 4G owners alike, an overclock to 1.7GHz! Michael Huang, the developer of SetCPU, posted this picture to Twitter of the EVO 3D running his application and clocked at 1728MHz. Yes, the EVO 3D is still S-ON and still only has temporary root (no custom ROMs or kernels) but this was accomplished with a loadable kernel module. For those...

Grab the hottest summer accessories for your Android smartphone and tablet As things heat up this summer, it's important that you keep your Android device cooled down with these great summer accessories available here at Android Central. As we break in to this brief summer edition of Accessories Roundup, we'll be covering the most popular waterproof cases and wireless solutions to accommodate...

Attention, developers! Are you looking for a way to add user-to-user sharing in your mobile application, using an already established cross-platform messenger service? If so, the people at Kik have something you'll be interested in. With the release of their Kik mobile SDK you now have a drop in solution with a huge pool of existing users, ready for your project. The SDK looks to be pretty...

ABC News has released an official Android app. You now access news and analysis from ABC anywhere they are via your Android device.Features of the app include:One touch access to Top of the Hour video news briefsLocal videosDaily top stories and picturesBreaking newsThe local affiliates participating in the local videos part of the app include:ChicagoFresno, Calif.HoustonLos AngelesMinneapolisNew...

Welcome to another exciting edition of "Who's using which Android version!" -- the game show that takes a look at the various versions of Android floating around out in the world, and the percentage of devices using them.Unsurprisingly, Android 2.2 Froyo leads the way for the past two weeks at 59.4 percent, but that's down from 64.6 percent for the two weeks ending June 1. Android 2.3...

A small number of Canadians today will now get to experience the joy of true 4G. Rogers has now gone live with Canada's first LTE network in the Ottawa area and much like the launch of LTE for Verizon, they started off their device offerings not with a handset but rather a LTE Rocketstick from Sierra Wireless. No worries though, Rogers has stated LTE devices are coming from both HTC and Samsung...

After having now completed an exclusive run on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Gameloft has made BackStab available for more devices via the Android Market. The game sets you in the 18th century on a Caribbean island where you play as Henry Blake. “My name is Henry Blake, once a proud officer in England’s Royal Navy. Now I stand a shattered man. Betrayed, imprisoned, my fiancée taken away, I...

Getting started with the new Motorola Droid 3 on Verizon couldn't be any easier, thanks to a series of help and how-to videos Moto's put together on its Youtube channel.From using your Droid 3 for the first time, to tips and tricks, to the very cool mirror app, Moto holds your hands and walks you through using its latest offering. Check 'em all out after the break.

Last May we saw the release of News360 for Honeycomb devices, and today they have released the version for the smaller screen. In a nutshell, News360 is a news aggregator app with over 4,000 global sources (find us in the Android section!) and it's visually stunning. The features are there, too -- the social integration with Facebook, Twitter, ReadItLater, Instapaper, and TripIt, the ability to...

You want leaks, we got leaks! In the past couple days news has been coming out of the woodwork about upcoming Android phones, so I'll take a minute and wrap it all up neatly here in one place. Remember, these aren't 100 percent guaranteed dates by any means (cough Thunderbolt cough Droid Charge), but we're pretty confident in them.First up we have the LG Thrill 4G and the HTC Status for you...

The cat's been out of the bag on this one for quite some time now, but Verizon has just officially announced the Motorola Droid 3. Specs are as we've been telling you for a while -- 4-inch screen with qHD resolution, dual-core 1GHz processor, 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and so on and so forth.It's available now online for $199 with a two-year plan, and...

Spacetime Studios has released the beta of Star Legends: The Blackstar Chronicles, the new sci-fi MMO and Android Central has 50 beta keys to give away. You might recognize the name Spacetime Studios, as they're the folks behind Pocket Legends -- another great MMO for Android. This time around you'll play as a hero in the 41st century, against other players and the alien race known as the Vular...

There she be, folks -- Fieldrunners HD. It's tower defense done like never before, with excellent graphics and sounds. It's got more than 400 levels and four battlefields, seven towers and three difficulty levels, plus two additional modes once you beat the Classic game.Fieldrunners HD is a pretty big download at 36MB, and it's available on Android smartphones (not tablets yet) running Android 2...

Update: And ... they've disappeared again.And there you have it, folks. No longer are the cool kids quite as cool as they were a week ago. Google+ invites are back, and you can have a friend invite you. And be sure to snag the Android app.As Google's Dave Besbris recently posted:Hey Google+ folks!As I bet you've noticed, we are facing pretty incredible demand for Google+ invites.As Engineering...

There's still be little more fanfare than the odd Twitter reply and Facebook post, but the Motorola Droid 3 is now live on Verizon's Droid Does website. Fire it up and you'll be taken through the litany of new specs, including five-row keyboard, dual-core processor and 4-inch qHD display.You've still got a week to go before you can buy the Droid 3 in stores, but it's available now through...

From rumor to being quietly released, all without an official announcement, the Motorola Droid 3 is now being served up to customers through Verizon's telesales department. As we were notified earlier:Calling *611 will get you the option to buy the Droid 3 tonight! If the rephas any problem finding it here are the part numbers..Droid 3 MOTXT862 $199.99Car Mount $29.99 MOTDRD3MNTExtended Bat $49....

Been holding out, waiting for the inevitable price drop to come to the WiFi only Motorola Xoom? If so, your wait is now over. As announced on the Motorola Twitter account the price of the WiFi only Motorola Xoom has now been dropped to only $499 and for those keeping track that's a full $100 off the original launch price. Making room for the Motorola Xoom 4G?Source: Motorola; Thanks, to all who...

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